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POPULAR FLORA. 
5. Spreading P. Stems ascending, 9' to 18 1 high, rather clammy; leaves ovate-oblong or broad 
lance-shaped ; cyme loosely-flowered ; lobes of the pale lilac or bluish corolla generally obcordate 
and rather distant from each other. FI. spring, N. & W. p, divciricata. 
6. Ground P. or Moss-Pink. Plant creeping and tufted in flat mats ; leaves awl-shaped or lance- 
linear, small, crowded; corolla pink or rose-color, with a darker eye, sometimes white. FI. spring, 
in sandy or rocky soil. S. & E. p. subulata. 
* * Garden annual from Texas. 
7. Drummond’s P. Rather clammy, branched ; leaves lance-oblong, the upper heart-shaped at the 
base ; corolla crimson, purple or rose-color, lobes entire. P. Drummondii. 
Polemonium. Polem'onium. 
1. Blue P. (Called in gardens Jacob';; Ladder or Greek Valerian.) Stem erect, 1° or 2° high, leafy ; 
leaflets many; seeds several. Gardens. p. cceruleum. 
2. Wild P. Stems weak, spreading; leaflets 7 to 11; flowers few. Woods, W. & S. P. reptans 
67. CONVOLVULUS FAMILY. Order CONVOLVULACEJE. 
Twining or trailing herbs, often with some milky juice, with alternate leaves and regular 
flowers : calyx of 5 sepals : corolla 5-plaited or 5-lobed. Stamens 5. Pistil making a 
round pod, with 2 to 4 cells and one or two large seeds erect from the bottom of each cell. 
(For illustrations see Fig. 4 to 7, 13 to 22.) Dodders are leafless parasitic plants of the 
family. 
Plants with foliage, and bearing large flowers, open onlv for one day. Style one. 
Stamens protruded beyond the mouth of the tubular or trumpet-shaped and crimson 
or scarlet corolla, ( Quamoclit ) Quamoclit. 
Stamens included in the tube of the almost entire corolla. 
Stigma thick, 2-lobed: corolla bell-shaped: pod 4-celled, 4-seeded, ( Batatas ) Sweet Potato. 
Stigma capitate, thick, with 2 or 3 lobes : corolla funnel-form : pod with 2 or 3 
cells, and 2 seeds in each cell, ( Iporricea ) Morning-Glory- 
Stigmas 2, long, linear or oblong. [Bindweed.# 
Calyx naked at the base : corolla bell-shaped, ( Convolvulus) *Convolvulus or 
Calyx covered by 2 large bractlets : corolla funnel-form, ( Calystegia) Bracted-Bindweed. 
Plants with leafless whitish, reddish, or yellowish thread-like stems, twining over other 
plants, and attaching themselves to their bark, on which they feed: flowers in clus- 
ters : corolla bell-shaped, with 5 scales inside the stamens : pod 2-celled, cells 2-seeded : 
embryo spiral, without any cotyledons, ( Omenta) Dodder. 
Quamoclit. Quamoclit. 
1. Cypress-vine Q. Leaves narrow, pinnately dissected into thread-shaped divisions; limb of the 
corolla rather deeply 5-lobed. Garden annual. Q. vulgaris. 
2. Scarlet Q. Leaves heart-shaped, entire or nearly so ; corolla scarcely lobed, Q coccinm 
* The low Three-colored Convolvulus ( C. tricolor) is a garden annual. 
